Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Peter 2:10

10 But chiefly them c that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness , and despise government . Presumptuous are they, self-willed , they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities .

The Apostle here applies the general Doctrine delivered to false Teachers, whose Character he gives in several particulars; the sence is, that God reserves all wicked Men to the Day of Judgment, but those especially that second their corrupt Doctrine with a wicked Conversation. The Verb reserve is to be repeated from the former Verse.

To walk after the Flesh is, Either 1. To follow the conduct of the sensual appetite, like brute Be[illegible: 1 letter]sts, which are led by Sence, not by Reason or Judgment: or, 2. More especially it implies their giving up themselves to filthy Lusts, probably unnatural ones, Iude 7. going after strange Flesh.

I. e. through or out of, implying the Cause, or Spring from whence their actual Uncleanness came, viz. their own Lust.

Or, Pollution, q. d. in the Lust, whereby they are polluted, or in their impure Lust.

i.e. Governours, or Magistrates; as Brotherhood for Brethren, 1 Pet. 2.17.

Gr. Bold, or daring, viz. because they are not afraid to speak evil of Dignities.

Stubborn, refractory, addicted to their own Ways, and therefore will not be ruled by others.

Or, Glories, viz. Rulers and Magistrates, whom God hath made glorious, or on whom he hath put the Honour of being above others, and made them his own Lieutenants and Vicegerents upon Earth.

Marginal references: Jude 4, 7, 8, 10, 16.; Or, Dominion.